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A whiz and a buzz: Bee attacks at Sri Lanka rock fortress point to need for toilets

Malaka Rodrigo 20 May 2022
A woman tends to her vegetable garden

In Bangladesh, a community comes together to save a life-giving forest

Abu Siddique 19 May 2022

Study: Breeding adaptations help tree frogs thrive in different climates

Malaka Rodrigo 18 May 2022

‘Wildlife-friendly’ infrastructure rules in Nepal and India ignore the birds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 May 2022

As tiger numbers in Nepal and India grow, their freedom to roam shrinks

Abhaya Raj Joshi, Sahana Ghosh 13 May 2022
Different species of vultures congregated together.

Conservation win for Bangladesh as efforts to halt vulture decline pay off

Abu Siddique 12 May 2022

Newly described plant is latest fruit of Sri Lankan botanists’ collaboration

Malaka Rodrigo 10 May 2022
Himalayan musk deer

Himalayan musk deer talk to each other through poop, but poachers are also listening

Abhaya Raj Joshi 10 May 2022
A heavy fuel oil power plant in Bangladesh that supplies to the national grid.

Bangladesh power bill mounts amid plan to supersize already bloated capacity

Abu Siddique 9 May 2022

To gauge impact of nitrogen pollution, Sri Lanka project looks to lichens

Malaka Rodrigo 6 May 2022

Sri Lanka’s environmentalists brace for economic meltdown’s toll on nature

Malaka Rodrigo 3 May 2022
Sonam Tashi Lama from Red Panda Network receives the Whitley Award from Princess Anne, patron of the Whitley Fund for Nature in London.

Q&A with Whitley Award winner Sonam Tashi Lama

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 May 2022
rhino and car

Study finds high prevalence of gut parasites in Nepal’s rhinos

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Apr 2022

For Sri Lanka’s crows, following the trash is all part of the hustle

Malaka Rodrigo 27 Apr 2022
Emergent rainforest tree in Malaysia

Asia’s troubled trees need better conservation to reach restoration goals: Study

Carolyn Cowan 26 Apr 2022

Shining a light on Sri Lanka’s little-studied pangolins: Q&A with Priyan Perera

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 24 Apr 2022
A lesser adjutant stork in a farm.

Study: Farmland birds in Nepal, India in dire need of conservation action

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Apr 2022

Carnivore sightings highlight richness of Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan region

Abhaya Raj Joshi 21 Apr 2022
A power plant under construction in Bangladesh.

Sluggish growth of renewables threatens Bangladesh’s clean-energy goals

Abu Siddique 19 Apr 2022
A monkey on a tree in Nepa

Monkeys, porcupines team up to destroy crops, Nepal’s farmers say

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Apr 2022

Sri Lanka grapples with the problem of its fishers plundering waters abroad

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Apr 2022
Nepal Chepan Community house razed

Razing of Indigenous hamlet highlights Nepal’s conservation challenge

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Apr 2022
Pokhara Airport in Nepal with the Himalayan range in the background

‘Sharing the air’ proves a challenge for new Nepal airport in bird paradise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 5 Apr 2022

Poor waste management turns dump sites into death traps for Sri Lanka’s elephants

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Mar 2022

Record seizures mark Sri Lanka’s rise as a smuggling hub for star tortoises

Malaka Rodrigo, Pragati Prava 13 Mar 2022

Photos: On Colombo’s outskirts, an urban birding paradise flourishes

Chandani Kirinde 9 Mar 2022

Researchers puzzle over sea-crossing migration of crimson rose butterflies

Malaka Rodrigo 1 Mar 2022

Drone photography raises concerns for Sri Lanka’s flamingo flock

Malaka Rodrigo 21 Feb 2022

In Nepal, a messy breakup with hybrid seeds is good news for organic farming

Johan Augustin 18 Feb 2022

Nepal’s gharials deserve attention and protection (commentary)

Zach Fitzner 16 Feb 2022

New photo guide is most comprehensive yet on Sri Lanka’s amphibians

Malaka Rodrigo 15 Feb 2022

Demand for sea cucumbers turns India-Sri Lanka waters into trafficking hotspot

Malaka Rodrigo, Pragati Prava 7 Feb 2022

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